DeKay’s Sources: Team Vitality CSGO could withdraw from BLAST Moscow
French Counter-Strike side Team Vitality may opt to not participate at the upcoming BLAST Pro Series: Moscow 2019.
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According to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation, Team Vitality are strongly considering withdrawing from BLAST Moscow.
With less than a week remaining until the tournament, they have yet to officially add a fifth player to their roster.
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Team Vitality announced during the StarLadder Berlin Major Playoffs that they had benched veteran player Nathan ‘NBK-’ Schmitt, just two days after their elimination in the quarterfinals.
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It has been reported that the options for who will replace NBK- come down to two players, Fabien ‘kioShiMa’ Fiey or Richard ‘shox’ Papillon. Should they pick a replacement immediately, it will only leave them a couple days to prepare for the event.
[ad name=”article3″]BLAST Pro Series: Moscow 2019 is a two day event that features six total teams and a $250,000 USD prize pool.
Scheduled to attend the event are Team Vitality, ENCE, MIBR, Natus Vincere, NiP, and either ForZe or AVANGAR.
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The latter two teams are scheduled to play against each other for the final spot, but could both qualify should Team Vitality miss the event, according to one source.
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Team Vitality won ECS Season 7 and cs_summit 4 while also finishing in second place at ESL One: Cologne 2019 with NBK- on the team.
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Their quarterfinal appearance at the StarLadder Berlin Major was their best finish at a Major since the inception of the team and organization.